One of five teenage girls charged in the beating of another teen was sentenced today to three years of probation after pleading guilty to misdemeanor battery. Circuit Judge Keith Spoto also sentenced Mercades Nichols to 100 hours of community service and ordered that she pay restitution to victim Victoria Lindsay. ...more

March 6, 2009

A Tampa man is accused of snatching his 1-year-old child out of a moving car during an argument with his estranged wife, putting the child in harm's way, an affidavit states. ...more

February 15, 2009

A Tampa man is accused of snatching his 1-year-old child out of a moving car during an argument with his estranged wife, putting the child in harm's way, an affidavit states. ...more

February 14, 2009

A federal judge will hear arguments this morning over whether the trial of John A. "Junior" Gotti should be moved to New York. ...more

November 20, 2008

TAMPA — John "Junior" Gotti wants a judge to force prosecutors to name names. Prosecutors in Gotti's federal racketeering case have asked a judge to allow them to withhold information from the defense about some "co-conspirators or victims of the underlying criminal acts of the Gambino Crime Family Enterprise." ...more

November 18, 2008

TAMPA – Prosecutors don't want to tell John "Junior" Gotti about all the people who have turned on him. ...more

October 31, 2008

Former NFL linebacker Darren Hambrick decided against accepting a deal from prosecutors Wednesday. Circuit Judge Pat Siracusa set a Nov. 24 trial date for Hambrick's witness tampering and misdemeanor battery charges. ...more

October 23, 2008

A community kickball coach is accused of raping a 21-year-old kickball player and threatening her not to tell anyone, Tampa police said. ...more

August 20, 2008

The attorney representing Christina Garcia, the mother of one of the teens accused in the videotaped beating of Victoria Lindsay, has filed a notice to sue Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd for making defamatory remarks. ...more

July 21, 2008

An expert on family rights who works as a consultant in domestic-violence cases will not be prosecuted regarding allegations he shoved his estranged wife. ...more

July 15, 2008